Beware gift-bearing robber barons because there’s almost always a catch
By donating large sums to centres of learning, tainted family dynasties and opportunists seek to blunt human rights
14 November 2021 - 17:54
For centuries, rich, ruthless men have funded centres of learning as a form of spiritual money laundering and to perpetuate the glory of their names. In death, as in life, they drove hard bargains...
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